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There\u2019s nothing more awful than watching a child you love dying. Janey tosses a handful of sand onto my bare belly. She must\u2019ve noticed me brooding. \u201cAuntie, don\u2019t be glum! It\u2019s my birthday. I\u2019m thirteen. So be happy, or else I\u2019ll bury you up to your neck!\u201d She smiles her big, toothless smile. Myra\u2019s paid good money to have sets of dentures made for her, but Janey complains they hurt her gums. Getting her to wear them regularly is as hard as getting other teenagers to clean their rooms. Her eyes are still the same sparkling gray-blue color they were when she was born. But they\u2019ve developed the beginnings of cataracts, and they\u2019re surrounded by wrinkles now. | Copyright 2017 by Andrew Fox. Narrated by Susan Hanfield.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices